Combined receiving, discharging, and conveying device.



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COMBINED RECEIVING, DISCHARGING, AND CONVEYING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 8.1913.

1,218,908. Patented Mar.13,l917.

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COMBINED RECEIVING, DISCHARGING, AND CONVEYING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV, 8. 1913.

Patented Map. 13, 1917.

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nnwm w. snow, or PUEBLO, COLORADO, ASSIGNOR 'ro AMERICAN CLAY rnonuc'isCOMPANY, or sr. LOUIS, MISSOURI, A CORPORATION or ARIZONA.

' COMBINED RECEIVING, DIESCHARGING, AND CONVEYING DEVICE.

To all whom it may concern: a

Be it known that I, Iflnwann W. Snn'rr, a citizen of the United Statesof America, residin in'Pueblo, in the county of Pueblo and tate ofColorado, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in aCombined Receiving, Discharging, and Com veying Device forConcrete-Mixers and the like. This invention relates more especially tolabor saving devices which are used in construction work where'largequantities of material are to. be handled, said material be- 'ing dumpedinto a receptacle which is provided with a regulated discharge outlet,said discharge being in communication with a. moving platform wherebythe material 'upon being received by the aforesaid rccep' tacle can beconveyed in a properly regu '20 lrted steady flow to its objectivepoint.

Another object is' to provide an elevator adjacent the discharge end ofthe receiving receptacle in which the material that has been dischargedfrom the receiving receptacle'is carried by said elevator to storagebins, or to places where the material is to be used.

A further object is to provide a receiving receptacle with a regulateddischarge end, and a moving platform adjacent the discharge end, toreceive the material when the :material is discharged from the receivingreceptacle.

' Other and further objects will appear in 'the' specification, and bespecifically pointed out in the-appended claims, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings exemplifying theinventi-on, and in which,

proved receiving and dischargingreceptacle mounted on a portablebase,'and having an elevator located thereadjacent, said elevator beingfor the purpose of discharging material from the receptacle to storagebins which are located above a concrete'mixer.

Fig. 2 is a." plan View of Fig. '1. I

Fig! 3 is an enlarged transverse section- 1 on the'li'ne III-J11, Fig.1.

"Fig; 4 isfan enlarged longitudinal section taken on the lineIV-IV,.Fig. 2. Fig 5 is a view of the rear portion of a train of'oarsshowing this improved device used ina different embodiment. I i

Fig. 6 's a View similar to Fig. 5, but

showing the forward end of a: train of cars.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Figure leis a side elevation of this im Patented Mar. 13, 19-17.

2 Application filed Nol 'einbert, 1913. Serial No. 799,813.

Fig. 7 is an enlarged cross section on the line VII-VII, Fig. 5.

Referring to the drawings: 1 designates the rear wheels of a vehiclewhich are mount ed on the rear axle 2, and 3 are front wheels which aremounted on the front axle 4. Suspended from the rear axle 2 at one end,and mounted on the front axle 1 at their opposite ends are a pair ofside members 5.

Mounted between said side members 5, from their forward ends to a pointintermediate, is a receiving receptacle 6, said de- 'ceptacle havinginclined side walls 7, and

inclined end walls 8. Mounted longitudinally on each side wall 7 isan'inclined ledge 9, and secured to each end wall 8 1s one end of adiverging'nlember 10, said diverging member being in approximatehorizontalali'i'i'ement with the ledges 9.

' Formed between each ledge S.) and the diverging portion 10, is alongitudinal opening 11. livotally mounted at 12 to each. side wall 7 isa closure 13, said closures extending longitudinally of the receptacle6, and being located adjacent the under sides of the ledges J. Securedto each closure 13 is one end of a pair of cables 14, each of said pairof cables having their opposite ends secured to a horizontally arrangedshaft 15, said shafts being su 'iported at their ends in the end walls8, and being supported interln'cdiately of their ends by brackets 16,said 'brackets being mounted on transverse bars 17,. said 'bars beingsupported in the side walls 7.

Mounted on one end of eachshaft 15, ad jacent the forward end of thereceptacle 6 is a sprocket 18, each sprocket having mounted-the'reon anendless chain 19, each chain being geared to. a handle 20. Mounted oneach side Wall 7, beneath ,each closure 13 is aninclined ledge 21, saidledges 21 adapted to serve as supports to said closures 13 when saidclosures have been fully opened. Connecting said side walls 7, adjacenttheir lower ends are aseries of transverse bars 22, and mountedacrosssaid bars area pair of roller supports 23, in which is re'volublymounted a series of rollers 24. Mounted in said supports adjacent eachend is areturn roll'er 25, said return rollers having an endless belt 26mounted thereon, the under side of the up ported by sea rollers 24.

lper ply of said belt being sup-1 their rear ends, is a platform 27 andmounted on said platform are a series of vertical uprights 28, saiduprights being for the support of storage Jams 28 and 29. Verticallymounted between said storage bins are uprights 30, said'uprights beingfor the purpose of supporting a pair of vertical guides 31, and slidablymounted on said guides is a hoisting bucket 32. Depending from the underside of each of said storage bins 28 and 29 are discharge spouts 33,only one being shown, each spout having a slide damper 34.

Located adjacent said spouts is a receiving trough 35, said troughleading to a concrete mixer 36, which is located on the plat form 27Mounted on top of each storage bin 28 and 29, is a bracket"37, saidbrackets being for the support of a horizontal shaft 38. Mounted on saidhorizontal shaft are a pair of sprockets 39, each of said sprocketsaving an endless chain 40 mounted thereon. Mounted betwe wn said chains.and spaced at equal distances apart are a series of buck- 'ets 41, saidbuckets and chain forming an elevator Mounted beneath the platform 27 isahorizontalshaft 43, said shaft having a pair of .sprockets 44 mountedthereon,

which sprockets engage the lower ends of the endless chains 40.

Located below said sprockets 44 is a re ceiving chamber 45. Secured'to'one brackets 46, in which is mounted a horizontal shaft 47, said shafthaving sprockets 48 and of the. side walls of the storage bin28 is apair of 49 mounted thereon, and mounted on one end of the shaft 38 is as'procket'50, said sprockets 49 and 50 being linked together by theendless chain 51. Mounted on the sprocket 18 is an endless chain 52,said endless chain engaging at its opposite end a sprocket 53, saidsprocket 53 being mounted on the shaft 54 of'a motor 55.

The storage bins 28 a conveyer 56 located thereabove, and exerable by ashaft 57,. having-afriction drum acha'in belt 61. Mounted to one side ofsaid c'onveyer 56 adjacent the. centerjthereof, is

an. inclined chutefi2, and mounted on the site'lv oppositelside of saidconveyor, and oppo- Formed.- on each side of the receiving re ceptac'le-6, and at the top thereof, is aborizonta-l extension 64, said extensionsforming a platform for the reception of wagons loaded with material tobe dumped into said reoeptacle 6. Secured to one of the end walls @101?saidreceptacle 6 by'hooks 65, is an inc ined runway 66. Mounted to oneside of disposed from the chute 62 is a de-' and 29 being spacedapart asshown more clearlyin Fig. 2, have 5.8 mounted thereon, said drum beinginfrictional contact with a disk 59 mounted the elevator 42 on theplatform 27 is a windlass67, said Windlass having a cable 68 securedthereto, said cable upon being placed around the pulleys ()9 for thepurpose of drawing a wagon on to the extensions 6% of the receptacle 6.Mounted on the front axle 4 is a turn table 70, said turn table and axlehaving a segment 71 secured thereto, said segment being in mesh with the)inion 72, and mounted on tlie under side 0 said pinion is a. pulley 73on which is wound a cable 74.

In the embodiment shown in the drawings, this improved device is mountedon a vehicle so that it is portable, and can be moved about tothe mostadvantageous points in erly installed'relativc to the work, the run-'way (36 is secured to the forward end of the receptacle 6 by engagingthe hooks 65 on one of the walls 8. The wagons that (-on vey thematerial which is to be handled by 1 this improved device are drawn upadjacent the runway (36, and the cable 8 of the. windlass'(' 7 is letout and is attached to'the rear axle of a wagon, and the windlass isthenmanipulated, and the wagon drawn up the runway, the wheels of thewagon. riding on the extensions (34.

The contents of the wagon is then deposited into the receivingreceptacle 6, the closures 13 of said receptacle of course beingpreviously closed. In order to convey the material from the receptacle6, the motor is started, and power is transmitted to the verticalconveyer 42 by the endless chain'i'i2 transmitting power to theshaft'47, and the endless chain 51, which is'mounted on the sprockets Q9and 50, said sprocket fidqbeing inounted on the shaft 38, which shaftoperates said conveyer. \Vhen the elevator 42 is in motion, the endlessbelt 26 is also put into operation by the; sprocket 79', which ismounted on one endof the shaft 43, and the link belt 80, which ismounted on said sprocket 79, and asprocket 81, which is mounted at oneend of one of the rollers 25 of the endless belt 26. Th'e'closures 13 ofthe receptacle 6 are then allowed to open by turning the shafts '15 inan unwinding direction; thereby unwinding the cables 14 from saidshafts. I i

The material ,that has been dumped into the receptacle 6 will passthrough the openings 11 on to the upper ply of the endless belt 26, andits the upper ply of said endless belt travels toward the conveyor 42,the material that has been deposited on said belt, will be in turndeposited into the receiving chamber 15, and the buckets 41, as saidbuckets ride through said'chamber.

The loaded buckets are then carried upwardly and are deposited on thechute 62, and on to the horizontal conveyer 56. This conveyor is put inoperation simultaneously with the conveyer 42, and is for the purpose ofdepositing the material therefrom into either of the storage bins 28 or29, as is de sired by the will of the operator.

. -'\ssuming that material such as gravel or crushed rock is desired tobe deposited into the bin 28, the friction drum 58, which is slidablymounted on the shaft 57 is moved on the face of the friction disk 59 toa position which will operate the conveyer 56 toward the bin 28. Ifmaterial such as cement has been deposited inthe receptacle 6, audit isdesired to deposit said material into the storage bin 29, then thefriction drum 58 is,

moved on the face of the friction disk 59 to a point opposite its formerposition on said disk relative to theunloading of the material from theconveyer 56 to the bin 28, and the conveyor 56 will then be moved in thedirection toward the bin 29, so that the cement which has been depositedon said conveyor will be deposited in said bin 29. When it is desired todeposit material into the mixer 36 from either or both of the bins 28 or29, the slide daii'ipers 34 of the discharge spouts 33 are manipulated,and the material is deposited into the receiving trough 35. i After thematerial has been mixed in the mixer, the product therefrom is thendeposited intothe hoisting bucket 32, and the material is then carriedto its placeof discharge. The discharge openings 11 of the receivingleceptacle 6, being regulated by the closures l3, i provide means forallowing the requisite amount of material to be deposited on the endlessbelt 26, which amount of material conveyed bysaid belt is the amount tobe carried by the elevator 42. This regulating of the amount to bedischarged from the receptacle 6 is very essential, owing'to the, factthat some materials weigh very heavy as per quantity, and the lifting orconveying load can thus be thereby regulated.

As shown in Figs. 5, 6 and 7, this improved device can be used onrailway cars, and will be very desirable in railroad construction worksuch as the building of roadbeds, the filling up of ditches. Tn connec-*tion with this Work, the cars 82 have a receiving receptacle 83formedtherein. At the lower endof each receptacle of each ear is 'formeda pair of discharge openings 84. Pivotally mounted-to each of saidopenings is a closure 85.

Mounted n each car 82, and arranged" horizontally between the dischargeo enings is an endless chain belt 86 on which is e. distributingconveyor 101.

mounted a series of buckets 87 Said chain, at one end of the car towhich it is mounted, is in'clincd upward'l and over a pair of sprockets88, then dbwnwardly and under idle sprockets 89, passing inanapproximate horizontal plane beneath the axles 90 of the car wheels91, then passing upwardly around another pairof s rockets 92 mounted atthe op )osite end of t m car to said sprockets 89.

' hen' a number of cars havingthis im- -per cars, such as 96, thereuponso that the material which is conveyed in these cars, such as fill-inmaterial, can be dumped into the conveyer cars 82. v

In order to form an approach for the cars 96 to be mounted on the cars82, an approach car 97 having inclined trackways 98 is cou'-.

pled to the last car 82. Said approach car has an inclined extension 99which is adapted to rest at one end on the main rails 100.

The forward car 82 has mounted theretoby supporting rods 102', atitsforward and, One end of said conveyor 101 is adapted to be under the Aupwardly inclined end of the conveyer 93 of said forward car- 82.

It is now readily seen that when a number of loaded hopper cars 96 havebeen shunted on top of a number of conveyer cars 82, the contents ofsaid hopper cars are dumped into the receptacles 83 of said cars 82. Theclosures 85 of the forward car are then opened and'the material isconveyed onto the conveyer 93 of said forward car, said conveyer, ofcourse, being set in motion by a motor, such as. 103. The conveyor ismoved upwardly and over the sprockets-88, and the contents therefrom aredumped onto the dis tributing conveyer 101. This conveyer 1'01 has powerapplied thereto by the chain belt 104.

c When the first car has been emptied, the second car can be operatedupon, and the material conveyed therefrom Wlll be dumped onto theconveyer 93 of the preceding car. Whenthe second car has beenemptied-,the

third car can be worked on in like manner,

and so on u'ntil'the' entire number of cars which are coupled togethercan be emptied one conveyor to another until the me as a serial isfinally deposited on the distributing Q Meyer 101.

As the embankment of thie railroad bed i;

extended from the dumping of material from the distributing conveyer101, the main rails 100 are laid out on the embankment so the conveyorcars and distributing conveyor can be moved up in order that theunloading end .of the distributing conveyer will always I be adjacentthe edge of the embankment.

This improved device, as applied to railwav cars, will facilitate theunloading of the hopper cars and their n'iaterial as the loaded hoppercars, when shunted on top of the conveyer cars, can be immediatelyemptied into the conveyor cars, and can be immediately removed and takento the place of refilling. The conveyer cars thus serve a temporaryplace, ()f storage for the mate rial until. it is finally (tlischargedonto the distributing com-'eyer;

What I claim is: 1. In a combined receiving and discharging receptacle,a regulated discharge opening therefor, a door for said dischargeopening, a support'for said door, and a movably mounted platform locatedbelow said discharge opening, said door when swung wide open adapted torest on said support.

,2. In a; combined receiving and discharg- 111 receptacle, a dischargeopening therefor, a ownwardly swinging door for said open- .ing, meansfor regulating the swinging movement of said door, a moving platformlocated beneath said discharge opening, and a support adapted to supportsaid door and prevent saiddoor from being swung wide open. 1 A

In a vehicle, a combined receiving and discharging receptacle, aregulated discharge opening for said receptacle, a door for saiddischarge opening, amovable platform lo end engaged beneath saidplatform, and 55 trackways located above said receptacle, said trackwaysbeing for the reception of a loaded vehicle. p

EDWARD W. SHUTT. In the presence of- M. C..HAMMON, H. G; FLETCHER.

